Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1867, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. of Aldermen and Common Council at their meeting last evening : Mayor’s OrFicg, June 24, 1967. To the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Councit: Gentlemen: I tramsmit to you, as 1 have heretofore, immediately after the inauguration @s expressed in the several actsof the ncils creating them 6 per cent bonds or certificates, in- terest payable semi-annually, un- der act of April 14th, 1947.......... 50,900 00 6 per cent bonds or certificates, in- terest payable quarter-yearly, un- der act of June 2d, 1859..........+2 155,900 06 ) Ageregate funded debt........ $946,438 00 RecuirTs axD EXPENDITURES. Among the items of receipts is the sum of $31,971.34 from the General found on the books. After considerable trouble in making out an account, and obiaining proof, and at some labor and personal expense, the passage of an act by Congress was procured, refanding the amount above mentioned es follows: March 23d, 1955. Sewer in four-and-a-half street, im front of reervation be- And while, in its zeal for public education, it has ited, as will be seen by the tas\ re- ‘General to be under the fostering care of the Genera! Government, where, by the Uonstitution of the country. Cengress exclusive control, and whose people it now imordinately taxes to educate the thousands of contrabands al- jured to this «Paradise ot Freedmen” by the temptations to indolence effered by the gra- tuities of the Freedmen’s Burean, it has never obyiousl be at sui avail itsel! unjust that such exemption should and only at the cost and expense of of the provisions of the act of Congress of February 23d, 1965, and avoid what has heretofore been a great hindrance, the requirement of the consent of a majority of roperty owners on the line thereo! lighting a street, and thatauthority be given to enter into & contract with the Gas Light Com- pany for lighting the city every nicht, from Ppt nd ‘was done in the city in the way of ving and sews Pigirest Paring hei? running feet ef blue 3 lamps to 5 per cent. bonds or certificates, interest pay overnment. Soon of the Commissioner of the General Land | others, and to the exclusion of street ae 5 jie Se eceee y +) uarter-ye arly, under august it was di yered ce, for that purpose, to States and other j other parts of the city. Toe. 5 862 do. curbstone set; 5, Bi MAYOR W ALLACH'S ANNUAL MESe« books i s stad $61, 437 oo preter dae ctrmoeres algae yan claicas Territories, 78,190.00 ‘acres of the public lands, As the matter of properly lighting the city is | ters — 1,600 do. flag footing pare arate Repes 6 per cel or certificates, . against the General Government fer moneys | which, at theminimum value of $1.25 per acr>, | One ot great importance to the community, | First Ward.—4.566 running feet of brick p - The following is the annual message of the terest payable quarter-yearly, un- advanced through a series of years, and for | would yield the enormous sum of $97,002,500, |. would advise, to facilitate an extension of | ment edt or gnitore made: $208 do. carb- Mayor of Washington submitted to the Board der act of October 25th, 1943........ 650,001 00 | most of which there was no account to be | to the District of Columbia, which i street lamps, that the Corporation should | stone set; 7 . flag y' 5 Second Ward.—4,775 running feet of brick pavement laid; 5,115 do. gutters made; 5,115 do. curbstone set; 1,380 do. flag footways laid. Sewers—2,509 running feet of sewer, 3 feet 6 inches in diameter; 2,590 do. do., 3 feet in di- ameter. Third Ward.--5,082 feet of brick pavement laid; 5,264 do. gutters made: 5.264 do. curbsione before 3 : ; 914 do. flag footway laid. of a new Council, a siatement, as much in de- he floati r unfa: bt of the corpor- | tween Missouri avenue and the given a foot of public land or a dollar of | dark to daylight. : set bs ad 7 tail as possible, of what has been done daring | ation of the present year is ae follows: seas COREL. 55. 50008 50000 ahd $1,000 00 | money. GRowTH oF THE CIty. Fourth Ward.— 5758 running feet ped ae the past year in the several departments of ‘he | Note and interest at Bank of Washington, un- | September 17th, 1855. Grading and The property-holders of Washington, there- An impression prevails that the present pros- yi ‘vement mle. 1,887 do. fing footware ind city, and for your guidance and advisement, | der act of February 27th, 1965......#53,000 00 | gravelling Seventeenth street, in fore, while they cannot, and would net, deny | perity o! our city is the effect of adventitions A Sots ee rinniue: Teer OF Uekee ie such information as is in my power to give of | Note and intcrest at First National front of President’s grounds, down the claim of the resident colored population to | causes arising out of the war, and will not s als ete D501 do. three feet in diam the condition of things appertaining to the Bank, under act of September 20th, to the canal.. sres-s-see...- 1,000 00 | An equitable share of the fund for publicedv- | justify an expectation of a like development | feet in diameter: Lect otc Sachee ta Giainetar. caty ist. 7 «=. 25,600 00 | August 96th, 1856. Paving carriage- cation to which they contribute, protest against | in the future. Though the extraordinary in- on = on: - a atacoter, i I will not lay before you any new schemes | reward or ‘ ‘way of Ninth street west, from B the injustice of being compelled to furnish the | fluences of the past four years have undoubt- i y ie iyi feet in ing feskareriok pare: tor the expenditure of Money, our real wants of late President 20,000 00 street to Pennsylvania avenue.... 2,552 16 }| means for educating the thousands of centra- | edly contributed to the prosperity o¢ Wasb- if ; oe ea Sybeersral ct ee nek oe being already so great thatthe most watchful | Bonds of the Wast bs May 27th, 1857. Advanced by the Cor- bands forced upon them by the events of the | ington, the factthat previously to the rebellion | Ment " aid; ff ° er oto Pes >. economy must be exercised; nor attempt to andria Railroad ried any, for poration of Washington tor the re- rebellion, and insist that the welfare of our | the city was, and haa been long amongst the | Curbstone Sct ves 0. stement ‘Palie bring to your notice all matters requiring your which this corporation is liable 23,575 00 pair orthe Long Bridge. . §,000 00 | city requires that the management and coa- | most prosperous of the Union, should not be | §4uare yar *¢ wt 8 sfet2 ates imailers vs. 1, Aiteniion, or renew to you apy but one of the | Washingion Gry Gas Light Co.... 29,000 00 | May 12th, 1860. Trimming ani - tro! of its institutions, as well as the interests | overlooked, Reference to the proper statistics, SRN eek Un TanOinn Rater cri cave. very many suggestions deemed important to | Due Metropolitan Police 18,301 00 clling I street nortn, from Sixth and property of its citizens, should be confined | as given in the census of 1860, will ests blish Pde 1 ha ged Sa tters eas 322 do. car the interests of the city, wach, though invited, | DueContractors . 75,000 00 to Seventh streets weet wren 206 50 a hoes) only eis from habit and education, aha fact and correct. ie Dre valent a mene ia if cee: fie stinker) andere sarge Ye the attention of your prede- Janal_ October 20th. 1860. airing is~ * e commo! a apex a eee ceeeera hah imaniers as are, however! here: uae = bem thowa tie Fiouse pan e souri avenue trom Fourand-a- The whole number of schools now author- | ratio of increase ot population and property. anaes yevement in alleys; 19,551 cubic yards of an referred to, I nyite your attention, particu- | Due Public Schools. 21,975 00 half to Sixth street west.......... 200 00 | ized by law is ninety, of which six are not yet | Upon this principle Washington exhibited a a KA Ward 078 veuning fect of brick jarly to ‘he financial condition of the city, | Due Bank of Washingion 1,080 00 | April 27th, 1861. Graaing and grav- organized. Of the eighty-four schools now in | higher ratio in 1860 than all other cities ot even Toeeaen a a rab which it is believed will not only compare fa- | Jue Themas Lewis” 11200 00 | elling G street north, from Fourth operation, forty have been organized under | the Union of equal or greater population bat paxerent ora 5 as le reg ea cisdeasi bape orn Gore bealihtul erate Sana maa De | Expenses of Registry and Blection.. 4,000 00 Noguber oa ies” esis ia Thir- rahi oatd Teel the whelemnrnbed was fifty. Sey ohie sad Nowe Tock. ts ton Worth: Guisnte, 6,900 square yards of stone pavemen: laid. found an mere healthful state could be Other outstanding obligations not yet teen sabe ti “Dont or Gos. In 1855.6 the number of children in the | St-Loule, and Louisville, in the West. Total amount of Sewers—1,296 feet of sewer, By the charter of this city no officer of the OterSeny (secon BARC E ec renee eae ernment Space, between Penn- schools was 7,121; the ayerage number on the The eolidity ef the increase in popalation is | 4 feet in diamete: fg tig ode 9 x do.; 6,01L corporation is permitted. or can receive a dol- $362,154 01 | ,8¥lvania avenue and Estreet...._ 1,500 90 | roll was 4,19%; the average number in daily at- | chown by its comparative regularity from Soo gee ie Lie ke ee lar ot the moneys accruing io it, except the Upon comparing that of the present with the | April 27th. i962. Improvement of tendance, 3,696 ape 1800, when the District of Columbia became a | 2 ft. in do.; making 11,5 . Collector, who receives all real and personal | gept or last year as follows: ‘our-and-a-balf street from Mis- Phe whole number of school-houses is forty- | separate Territory, up to 1860. Of the old States __ Estimates. taxes, and (he Water,Regisirar, the waier tax, | Noite at Bank of Washington, under act of Feb- | _ 80uri avenue to Maine avenue... 244 09 | four, of which twenty-five are owned by the | the Districtof Columpia has surpassed all but The following are the entimates for the indis- both of whom are bonded officers; the otner ruary, 27th, 1864 ai $50,000 00 | May 20th, 1:62. Loaned to Com- city, and the others rented. * New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. .| Pemsable wants of the corporation for the fisical moneys of the corporation accruing trom li- | Note ai Bank of Washingion, under” missioner of Public Buildings for The amount expended through the By the census of 1500 the population of the | year commencing on the ist of July, 1567, tosay censes, and all oiher sources, except taxes, are | “aci of September 20th, iS61” 25,000 00 | _ cleaning Pennsylvania aveine.. 1,500 00 | Treasurer of the School Board for District of Columbia, including Alexandria | jothing of the additional expenditures whieh deposited to the credit of the corporation in the | Note at First National Bank. er September 6th, 1962. Sewer in Sey- the fiscal year ending June 30th, . and its contiguous territory, was 14,093. Im | will necessarily have to be incurred during the City Treasury, the Bank of Washington.and a act of September 29th, 136s. 25,000 00 enth street, in front of Northern 1966, WA8...... 000.0. .eeeeee $60,955 St | 1646 the latter part of the District ot Columbia | year, provision for outscanding obligations of ceriificate of such deposit, in lieu of themoney, | Noie at First National Bank “ Market House.............-...... 1,750 00 | Te amount disbursed by the Mayor _ == S| was retroceded. 1n making the ratio of in- | the corporation, and for building & new jail re~ delivered to the Register of the City. act of April 17th, 1866. 25,000 00 | J€nuary Ist, 1863. Sewer in front during the same period, was...... 7,392 73 | crease, beginning with 14,93 in 1800, and end- quired by act of Congress, &c., &e. All moneys of ‘he city are placed im the | Reward for apprehension of i Poe VRE Ate ee * Yond 'o9 "s06.n10 67 | lofrance should bemade for tue nember lost | Saiaries Of oMlcers of thé Corpora. 2 and New York avenue.......... Es $68, 7 Se venyoxssiess oe 2, Of the ‘Registel of the Oitge not @ dona or | 7,2 ie President... hoor oe | March 2d, 1563. Grading Twen- The receipts during the year from by retrocession—these were 12,652, that being | Support of the Public Schools....... 1500) 0 which can be drawn therefrom except upon | Bonds of Washingion i ~ tieth street west, from Pernsyl- all sources, were....... srreseesees 23,594 18 | the population of Alexandria county. But | Support of the Fire Department..... 22/700 v0 bis warrant, expressing on its face the particu- dria Railroad Company, guaran- vania avenue to I street north.. 500 00 Vir | Without such allowance the ratio of increase | Pay of Metropolitan Police force..... 75,000 00 Jar iund fromand the purpose for which it teed by corporation ot Washington 39,<40 00 May 234, 1983. Boxer in Ninth, mes ie dehelensy ap are 344,754 39 som ‘100 to Pe a inevapen cont Salnmbia Amount due Metropelitan Police ‘npii te ven, with the name of the part - as etween ani sireets, ublic * 32.7 2 at BOR sp nicicccasa's éaiacess _ 1) j Le indouiesiieb aoe Re rere DOUTPOFRHON SH: in.an | | space. P 1,750 09 | The average cost to the city for tuition of pu. | of the contignons States was, Maryland 114.5, | amouni dae to contractors... 0... ean op : So partioular are the requirements of the | afouni due io contractors “* 50:00 00 | May 29th, 3. pils in the Public Schools during the same | and Virginia 113.32 per cent. during the same | Amount due Washington Gas-Light j charter of this city in this regard, that not a “Ee street, in irony ot pabllc space be- Ra Ties aha avatan bid oe ener of Massachusetts was but : Company... one t dollar can be or has been received or expended regal’ ti 866 $302,254 92 tween I an streets,......... . wae 225. - ‘ interest on funded de . : trom its earliest existence to this ime! that it pict erer ergreereas hes July 27th, 1963. Grading and gray- . The tendency ova stilt more rapid increase Support of Washington Asylum..... cannot be readily ascertained from what source | peen reduced m the payment of the note at the eling I street north, from Eleventh Increase in 19 years............ is seen in the orp 45 at tO ia pp ree | Support of Fire-Alarm Telegraph..... 5,000 00 ‘ it was received and to whom and for what pur- | Bank of Washington under act of September te Twelfth streets west......... aH 500 00 : decades, viz: In the District o Ort percent, | Contingent expenses of markets, J eegat ander bat Racha expended | yo cad Mr ene Taeshene samen oF ORE TARE aa | eo Gales ins, meseae, ae,273, Bey cant | © Corporation,» Mayor ofice, Gly } “6 1 it the act e 3d, 1853, | Note first f ational Bank ander” eling Eleventh street west, from S59 eeeeees o silt 20 i pi oi ail, City Coun Surveyors i sByecction ra hes ihe eons peered Noje's! East National Bank under Gana a to K street north............. sales 590 00 | For 1865 they were. 60,955 S4 1560, 45.26 per cent.; while phe. shorease of the office, Board of Health, burial of and lay before each Board of the City Councils | pept due ihe General Government Avrae tts ote tae (oetween Increase in 7 years $33, SL St Rariess neremic ck Sada ean ala SRE HOOT POSE PRN 0 are 00 01 annually, on the first Monday of July, a state. for internalrevenne tax......... 42,601 62 way of street north, between (FRETS ceeesiesssectegnye Some Lope ‘iterion of prosperity (the in- + teseereeeee 45,000 00 eceipts expenditures of aGELAY Wek: #1 Seventa and Ninth streets west... , 5,135 04 . —— But the other eriterioi prosperity ( O- | Sala: B Board of this corporsilon Shaterar ier tiecear eenine an eed Ree ee ses” 15,965 9 | September 7th, 1663. Relaying gut- Yor the current fiscal year they have already | crease of taxable property) well sailefies all | ““aigermen andOommon Council..- 10,250 00 q the 30:h of June preceding, in which statement | amount in arrears to corporation * ters on Eighth street west, between largely exceeded one hundred thousand dol- | doubts, if any exh ber aa e 2 se ie tt . Outstanding incidental indebtedness, j shall be shown the receipts and expenditures employees land K streets north.............. 1,211 50 | Jars. . e growth of our city. In . fr atai asteigt (APPTOXIMALE. ).....-seseeewese eee 61,000 00 i on account of the general fund, and each ef the P 3 October Bist, 1963. Repairing F There is no institution of this Corporation | of Columbia, exclusive of all public property | approximate expenditures for the— ject enditure be: desi te inde: 1 ings on Fifth street west, between E ® 6 ss Fourth ward. appropriate eds, "and “also a general con. oe inf Aten aillesr | 33,000 00 gad G streets, ‘north, (Judiciary thet yon should'ae sear predeqeators have: Oo aceording to the census of 1850, the value of | Fitth ward Topi . ° wsdisSiaseaiéatsesine $ Square.) 691 5: j as 5 . 8 yi 1 S : * t 7 bh woes <—Sdety blade de pid ihe s ct y conviction and sensible ie nuquestion Jolumbia, which w: UTS ST dy bk 4 tures of the corporaiion for the year under | Due Washingion Gas Light Uo ,000 00 niblie space, berween El 750 00 | benetits of the moneys heretofore expended | Si1,vs4.045; an increase of nearly two hundred Total { ae eiouactor ins Register, made annu- | PUe Metropolitan Police...... 30L 00 | Oe ober 24th, 1864, Grad ‘ for this object, I hesitate not to ask an increase | per cent. in ten years. (3153.06,) the in- Ones stesenses , ally in conformity to lawe and involving an Tooreaee it Tear Ane coniraciors. 25,000 00 | “ craveling B street north, trom Fit- of the appropriation for this department of at | crease in the U nite ares at large for | -phis city, which now passes intolyour hands exact account of every dollar received and ex- | Due on account of Alms House...... 19,623 01 | teenth to Seventeenth street west, Jone EY Demeent. Penneyivania 0605 per cents fn Indiana 100.0 | With every’ attribute of rapid growth and pros~ pended, is published and within the reach of | Due on account of Public Schools.. 21,975 60 in front of re-eryation, south of Fire DEPARTMENT. | Pennsylvania § oe er pats a in Maryland | Petity: and a debt greatly less than that of any all. tae Weak of Waakincion +: “Voso 00 | -,President’s House................ 2,000 60 1 bave much pleasure in referring in terms } per cent.; in Onio New York 7063 por ecnt, | Of equal size in the country, will doubtless, at In addition tg this mformation furnished by | }Ue phones Weening on... 7,900 00 October 24th, 1564. Paving carriage- ot commendation to the working ot the Fire | 71.93 per cents in New fork 7 oss Lert the end of your term, be transmitted by you to the Register in his annualstaiement,a commu- | Expenses of Regisity and Election 000 09 | W8¥ of K street north, from Sev- - Department, including the Fire Alarm Tele- | and 2 Lao sphapcathaal od daingimneteny ole ‘we | YOUr successors as it has been to you by those nication is made at the commencement et each omer Oniktanait oh auGuanoe vel enth to Eighth street west..... $33 08 | graph. during the past year, and in asserting | be, t! one ink aie than twicea’tast as the | ¥20 lately vacated the seats you now occupy, fiscal year from this office, giving, for the in- | ~ correctly natartainet choat yer oo oo | May 224, 1965. Cleaning Pennsyiva- what is unhesitatingly admitted, the superi- | are own ir Bnginua, New York. ‘and | With that consciousness of a faithiul discharge i formation of the new and mcoming Councils, | aggregate indebtedness of 1-66 2187722 92 ia avenue, May 22d and 23d, crity both in character and moral influence of aa wa ee : of duty invariably censequent upen a carefab ' & statement of the financial condition of the | aggregate indebiedness of 1-4 1,305,592 OL teteeeeneees : 510 00 | the present over the old sys'em. A 5 corporation, and in detail what has been done during the past vear, with an exact account of ail moneys received and expended, and pub- lished in all city newspapers. While, therefore, ignorance might be pre- RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. From this statement, compiled with great care and a liberal allowance for outstanding obligations of the Corporation, the precise $31,971 The amount so realized was placed to the credit of the several funds from which it was originally drawn, as follow: There is no institution with better claims than the Fire Department, and no class of ovr fellow-citizens to whose watchfulness, zeal. and self-sacrifice are we more indebted than to our firemen. These facts, all of which are taken from the census, establish the tactof the prosperity of our city beyond contradiction, and repel any impression that it is mainly attributable to the adventitious circumstances of the war. consideration of all measures requiring your action, and an earnest solicitude for the public good. And while the people of Washington, whe. in their generous confidence and the exercise of y | their right of suffrage, have committed to your tenaed, it is impossible to conceive that the in- | mount of which it is impossible to ascertain. First Ward.. $3,500 00 The experience of a few years has given HEALTH. guardianship their interests, have aright to ex- telligent property owner of this city, withsuch | it appears that the aggregate indebtedness of Second Ward 2,900 00 abundant proof ot the efficiency of the de- Our City for many years hasenjoyedanen- | pect that caution in your deliberations, and ample sources of information at command, and | the present exceeds that of the last fiscal year Third Ward. 5,594 74 pariment, and satisfies me that benefits te | viable reputation for health, and though it is | careful examination of all subjects requiring such evidences of prosperity and improvement | but $59,769.09, notwithstanding the inordinate Fourth Ward 9,966 60 Accrue from its enlargement and extension | chronic to abuse, it is on this score, in cleanli- | your action, so estential to their advancement 8s meet iim at the corner of every street, should | ©XCess Of work done throughont the entire vity General Fund, 7,010 00 Will always be commensurate with the cost. | jess it will compare moxt favorably with any | and prosperity, I confidently look for that over the past or any preceding year, the amount expended in the improvement of the Cznaland, as was foreshadowed in my last communication.a yery material diminution in the revenue of the Corporation from licenses. To be on the safe side. however, and to meet “not Know how the moneys of the city are monet spent.” In reviewing the administration of this office in relation to the finances of the corporation, it may be well to remind you of the tendency of all municipal corporations to an annually in- That the apparatus of the several companies are in most excellent condition, the houces welland comfortably furnished, and the effi- ciency and deportme itof the membersall that can be desired, is greatly attributable to the chief engineer, and devotion of time and labor otber. The great interests committed to the gentle- men composing the Board ot Health have, as tar as their limiied power would allow, been guarded w.th vigilance, and their diligence in discharging the duties committed to them, if courtesy and cordial co-operation on your part 80 necessary to & proper discharge of the duties incumbent on this office. Very respecfully, RICHARD WALLACH, Mayor. $31,971 34 While the resources of this Corporation, as provided for in the annual tax bill, have here- tofore proved sufficient for its exigencies, it is, in consequence of a want of proper arrange- creased indebtedness, usually, and in other cities, under ordinary circamstances, only in proportion to their growth. 1t will, therefore, be appreciated as requiring Tuch wholesome restraint to keep a city’s ex- penditures within its means, especially at a ume when the requisitions upon every loyal city for money anu the means to raise men for the san peesene ot the rebellion have burdened sister citles with debt and taxation. The ne- cessity for & gradual increase of indebtedness, as before said, usually in other places only in Proportion to their growth, has been, and al- ‘ways will be. in our city, extraordinary, in consequence of ihe vast amount of property ownea by the General Government free from taxation, property equally participant in the benefits of and yearly enhanced in value by ex- penditures trom a tund to which it contributes nething. aid which if it had been liable to the same burden in thesame proporuon and for the same objects as that of individiials would have yielded an amount equal to, if net more, than the whole debt of the city. Not only is the Government property inthis city (nearly one-half) exempt from taxation and consequent obligation to contribute towards ihe support of the municipal government, but alike exemption to hold property free from taxation, as well as nearly all valuable and Tich franchises, like street railroads, and the right to bridge the Potomac, inherently the the contingency ef any thing having been overlooked or omiited, no account has been taken et what is properly to be classed among the receipts of this year, though not yet avail- able, the amount which will be realized from the annual tax sale. In addition this Corporation has accumu- lated during the, past fiscal year, property in value more than sufficient to cover the in- creased indebtedness as tollows: For the Fire Department. Forthe Department. 10, For the School Department... 20,074 36 Amount expended on the Canal . 39,627 14 Increase in amount due, from A! andriaand Washington Railroad Company.. Stock purchas 16,265 00 3,3 PROPERTY. In this cennection I furnish herewith a statement ofall the real property owned by thii Corporation, exclusive of the City Hall, Market Houses, &c., with the nature and char- acter of the improvemen's thereon. In doing so I give the actual cost to the Cor- poration of the grounds and the improve- ments, which, as much of it was purchased many years since, is put down far below its real yalne. ment or division of time at which its rm sources should be received and made avatl- able, almost continually in an embarrassed condition. As now, the great bulk (almost three-fourths of its entire revenue) is payable and receivable in one and the same quarter of the year, the consequence being that there is either a feast or famine—a superabundance of money during the one quarter of the year, and little or none during the other three. This difficulty could be readily obviated by changing the time for the payment of such li- censes as fall due and are payable during the months ot November and January to seme other more fit and convenient time, which should immediately be done. In this connection I would renew to you the suggestion made to your predecessors, to create an additional officer of the Corporation to ex- amine and certify to the accounts of all ot- ficers of the Corporation receiving its tunds, as well as to the correctness of all accounts against the Corporation. This is rendered necessary in consequence ef the greatly increased demands on the time of the Register, whose duty it nas heretofore been ScHoors. Though it is admitted that our Public School System is far from being perfect, vet under the fostering care of the gentlemen composing the School Board, it isin a promising condi- en the part of the geutlemen composing the Board, and secretary of the department. Potice. As was expected and suggested in my fast communication of this charaeter, Congress during its last seesion passed a law providing for an increase in the police force, thereby en- tailing upon the Corporation a heavy additional burden, which was not, as the necessity did not ther exist, provided for in the assessment oflast year. Of the additional torce provided for by this action of Congress,forty-one have been as- signed to duty in this city,at an annual ad- ditional cost of thirty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars. it will be necessary, therefore, in making provision for the police force for the present year, toinclude what is now in arrears to this additional number. During the past year the force of the Seventh Precinct have been removed from the City Hall to other and better quarters at the corner of Fand First streets, and the torce of the Tenth Precinet from Four-and-a-half to the corner of Four-and-a-half and G streets, the Istat an increased cost to the Corporation, for rent, of six hundred dollars per annum,and the 2d, the Tenth Precinct, at an additional cost for rent ot two hundred dollars per annum; while the station-houses of the Fourth and Eight Precincts have been repaired at a cost of $1,044), and all in a measure refarnished ata equalled, certainly have never been exceiled, by any former Board of Health. The improvement of the Canal, 8* provided for by the action ot the City Councils at an expense of over fifty thousand dollars, and the rapidity with which sewerage is being ex- tended and stench traps introduced through- out the City, are measures from which much general benefit may be expected. These, and the well known efficiency of the Board o. Health and Sanitary Police, will tend to greatly lessen apprehensions of an epidemic. The indispensable necessity, and what is most essential to the health of the community, as well as the removal of a source of annoy- ance and diseomfort to a neighborhood, is however cleanliness of individual premises, and for which every citizen is responsible, and in most in- will accomplish the removal o: stapces, the chief cause of disease ina city. More than upon the local authorities, there- tore, does the health ot the community de- pend upon the individual citizen. again urge upon all, in view of an apprebend- ed epidemic, to look to their own premises. WASHINGTON CANAL. The improvement of the canal for sanitary purposes authorized a year ago, for which $75.000 was appropriated, has been success. fully prosecuted, and the results are highly satisfactory. CITY ITEMS. DESIRABLE DWELLING AND LOTS AT AUC. TION.—Attention is invited to Green & Wil- liams’ advertisement in another column, of the sale, to-morrow afternoon, at six o'clock, om the premises, No. 200 9th street west, bet.O and P streets north, and of three building lots on K, between 3d and 4th streets east. Bette se cae , JEWELEY.—Orystal Setts, Jet Setts, Amber Setts, Jet Chains, 300 styles Sleeve Buttons, Chains, Pins, Studs, Silver Plated Spoons aud Forks received this morning at Prigg’s One Dollar Jewelry Store, No. 438 Pennsylvania avenue, near 4} street. ——_e—__ THE REPUTATION achieved by Henning’s Blue Flannel Suits for geatiemen and boys is a sufficient guarantee of their superiority and worth. A largesupply at nis One Priee Store on the corner of Seventh street and Maryland avenne. Let me —=—— GENTLEMEN can find a superior article of Fine English Melton Coats, as well as French Tricote, at A. Saks & Co., 517 Seventh street, adjoining National Bank of the Republic. ——~—— = @ de on this work amounted : ; = Hon, and gives to the community an ample re- | cost of $1.20. abe payments made on this VAST QUANTITIES oF Iv: — Disited tpusscide of dolare hee pec graniea |. Character of | ‘WIM for the meney spent upon it. i In addition, the corporation has purchased, | to £47,967, less by $27,052.12 than theamount | VAs" QUAK Reeth tiat eight lest evo mae by Congress, without consideration, to rich | = Property. The interests committed to their charge have | at the cost of seven thousand five hundred | 8P ii thats now wanting to make the canal | are lost every year, simply because the par- monopolies." . = been promoted by the assiduous attention, at | dollars, a lot at the intersec.ion of New York See hee eh ih eitite ted te it dene | tes comepcned either: dusest: or ae wot appre- Laid out for the permanent seat of the Gen- | = SORE pOMITG the tenes ome: by the gentlemen | Svenue and K street with Ninth street west, | i an rece ne a eee athe Hecke | clate the fact that Sosodent, duly applied oe, eral Government, with @ view 10 the growing | .—p — composing the Board ot Trustees of our Pub- | on which to build a station-house for the force 5 toa 4 aA channel of this depth and fifty | ‘ers the dentai substance proof against de- Greateses af the country Upon eaacioee ee | LS ob Fi srs.sus sa ing house... | lie Schools, while the efforts of the teachers in | of the fifth precinct. See thl Chath axtaLdingrwoul the casera ek | cay. Pa magnitude unparalleled, with streets and ave- 2 TH CO SISOS SHathy Precinct Sta- | the same direetion have been increasing. My intercourse with the Police Board, asa wet in Nir ie sraet aS ihe toaiorn Sinnch ———e— nues of a width and extent greater than the ne- + 95000 Purchased for That you may properly appreciate the inter- | member trom its organization, convinces me nhee Ap b i t $70,000 Down WITH HIGH PRiogs !—Patronize only cessities of its ifhabitants, will for years to come Engine Co.No.1, | @8t manifested in this community in the cause | that every act of the body preceeds fram no | Will cost a ee to connect the city canal with | ‘Bose who sell cheap! Buy your Gent’s Fur- i demand, and what is more extracrainary, and 30 1,537 71, 3,283 0014th street school | of public education and what has been done | other motive than to preseryethe health. peace | But amcor ak Ghesat wake anu Ohio, it is | B8hing Goods at Francs 494 7th street, be- j consequently burdensgme, witha greatly larger j | house therefor, I give some statistics and fects, for | and good order ot the community, as well asa | the trai C that the eastern ccction of that cega,. | tween D and E, three doors above Odd Fel. i ‘area of land appropri ed ior witeete and ave, 5&6 1400 DTT ‘street school | which 1 am mainly indebted to the forth. | desire to keep the police force free from polit- | necessary tof Rock Urcek and lying wholly | 10Ws' Hall. Gray's Qollars, Isc. box; Gold- j nues and reservations for public uses than Te | | 2531 a T8000 house. fe wehocig Ua! Feport of the Trustees of Pub- | ical bias, and the exemplary conduct of the | the part east of Rock Onick and lying wholly | smith, Byron and Garotte, isc. box; Imitation served for building purposes, this city re- rts 750 00! lic Schools. members of the force, its thorough efficiency | Within ation either by that compaay or oy | Linen Goldsmith, Byron and Garotte, 130. quired, and still requires, means beyond its 1€K15 0,274 00 7,352 55 Franklin school | |The first act of the City Councils looking to | and adaptation to the wants of the eommu- ee ee creme Dy company OF PY | box. And all other goods cheap in propor- ordmary resources of taxation to fill up so grea: the organizaticn of a system of public educa- | nity. satisfies me that the present isadecided | Mis clty. -. tuis section im navigable | Hion- L a plan, and reach, with the usual improve- 8.10 1,000 00 Schc nse. tion, was One empowering the Mayor toinvest | improvement over the old system, and that a eit sebabl ne si to 30,000. bites een eee menis, (Miles of grading, paving and curbing) 28.1617 7.200 00 th Precinct Sta- | any umexpended balances remaining to the | the additional cost is money advantageously ated to ae reco make" a total of $100,¢o0, Quick SALES AND SMALL PROFITS.—Good over and by unimproved property, scattered fos 00, 15,202 ae fied Bote credit of the school fund. Under the authority | spent. e Ig Bint Cueetouriior ercent,, | White Shirts, $1.25a81.50; A. No.1 Fine White j ‘scttlemente in its extremes. PS” apart aa iouse, ST | so conterred, investments were from time Gas. pba hl nGone “ch hank ed dol. | Shirt, $2.50a33: Good Gauze Undershirts, 50 Nearly four-fifths of the soil upon which this ssa all 3.017 90) 4426 83)Northern Liberty | © time made in our own funded debt until | No other subject has been shrouded in great- | °F eT Gis Concern ned eae ten ea tee | conta: Fring Galike Gaderibirie @in Eas tine diiy stands was Originaiy, sud tock o(e stilt 7 oe aipe the Corporation has accumulated, of its ow. | er perplexity, and given more trouble, than | lars of taxable property; andit is between this | Thread Undershirts, $1.50; Good Cotton Half fs ike roperty of the General Government; | 4) 4%) pt. 35.981 00 C strect, between | Steck, $5>,055 00 for the use of the school fund. | that of lighting the street lamps of the city, ate and Geen = of Brags bibles aa ak nt | Hose, 10, 15,20, and 25 cents per pair, Best prop: rae however, which, as has before been | 43¢ and 6th sts. the interest of which has been regularly trans- | every effort having been made, without suc- | ©! Gane Bt As ihvdeg 2 fe air thi ag a e| English ‘Half Hose, 50 cents per pair. At TAU dose not casty with its corresponding | 7 *% 8 3.501 00) Vay. purchased | ferred to that fund, except for the years 1565 | cess, however, to ascertain precisely the rela. | b¢ broug! HBOSE CO Ome doorest the canal was | ews ears Furnishing Store, 491 7th at obligation to improve it, or to furnish an equiv- 9 £9, 1,060 00 foyimarket house | and 1866, when it was reinvested, thus adding | tions of this corporation to the Washington | OP And in addition to this saving annually of at | between D and E, three deere above Odd Fei> Silent therefor in the way of taxes, given to it | 7) dou Sho. 2398 00 Do. to ihe permanent fend. Gas Light Company. 1 ast B10 000), penta, the canal for na: “ig ti lows’ Hall. 1: by the original proprietors, not alone because 7, 494 of 10 4,203 00 Do. By the act of Congress of May 17th, 1848, the No written contract being found, and there eae K “ , opening | 7 Pig ior RY i aes ge 3 Of the beneflis expected tO be derived trom | 7) © oat 487 00 43g street school | Corporation was empowered to lay a apecial | being from time to time much discrepancy in | W?!! also ai bay - iP Panic-Strvuck Bravuty.—It is a terrible having @ city Jaid’ off on these and their own il | | house. tax for the supportofthe public schools, as well | their bili, application was made to the com. | Of revenue je orty shock to a charming woman—indeed, to any jands, but likewise in expectation that the por- | 4 517|N. half 7 et ie 5,874 00, Truck house. as & capitation tax Bpon every white male Foor for information as to the time when, and Potomac WATER. ‘woman,—to find that her teeth are “beginning tion of i Teserved for the and uses of as Se a | citizen above the age of 21 years and upwards | how long, and terms as to cost upon whichthe | During the last year the amount of main | ;% go.”" Never will any human being who ihe General Government would be improved | 3 fa") gro) 1,500 W/schoot house of oné hundred dollars per annum, the pay- | lamps of the city were lit. Water pipes laid was 22,351 feet, of whicd | uses the t Sozodont, while the teeth are and beantified by that Government, at least to | 5 as il 870 00 I. = mentot which, as was the payment of ail To this it was replied that there never had | 19,961 feet were of 6 inches and 370 feet of 4-inch stil) sound, make that discovery. Even when the extent of what was realized from the sale | 5, 85 E.half3 90 0) 5,813 55\3th Precinct Sta- | Personal taxes, made a condition precedent to | been a written contract, and only a verbal un- diameter. The number of fire-plugs erected decay has *commenced,f it immediately stops of the 10,336 or fifteen hundred acres of baild- tion house. veeae. derstanding made by the then secretary of the | was 57, of which 25 were in place of the same its progress. oy sng lew. 9 eu off 1 = a 2,000 Oe Schoot house. x Un eet Provisions not tals are of Congress as comp. Ty; Taene ear oe pemiee of the ary apr fire- plugs, which ae A — |, Do- spec x 0! nts on the one hun- | John W. Maury, many years previous, the experience o' department has con- been realized, but all taprovemente in teeneot | © :01] sll, 7,000 W $7,604 2534 District school | Gred dollars of property. was, by sos OF tho | ere Cree es area by the gas light | demned, and in pursgance of the act of the sare of taten fete tea a hy a the very property of the United States, until | 6925) of s 0 00, Truck house City Councils, on the 7th day of July, 18¢0, | company, were given. corporation are being removed. All the fire- | the Great Uentral Clothing House, 460 7th recently, have been made at the expense and | 6995) 19820 645 52, : = levied for thi mp port of the public schools, Under this verbal agreement asserted to have h erected are of the kind knewn as the street, opposite the Post Office. trom taxes accruing from the property of indi- | 44,571 81/Alms house prop- | 8nd annually continued, with the exception | been so made, the city was lighted, and the it lan ph manufactured and patented ee eee viduals. | erty. of the fiscal years 1°65 and 1966; and in 1862 an | bills regularly, paid without dispute, until by | bya ‘Washis machinist, and, after three Onz HUNDRED Suits at twenty doliars just ‘With 6 rate of taxation for general purposes [7605 13 144,262 33) additional tax of five cents on the one hundred | act of Congress the Gas Oompany was anthor- | years of experience, zed by the water | received. Calland look at them at the Great limited by the charter to three-quarters of one _77 695 13)144,262 33) dollars of property for the erection of school | ized to increase the price for gas consumed, | de ent and fire de) mnt of the city as | Wentral Clothing Honse, 460 7th street, oppo- fer cent. on the one hundred dollars, precisely | Othe property enumerated above, much ef Bouee: ain likewise has since been annu- when the Tight Lorastonst ee one m nls Ones better than other. ‘ Lterey pipe a to | site the Post Office » di poration was denied, and beld | connect these fire-plugs w: main ———o——_ roral portion of the District of arabia be: Bae oe eccoa or lapreved: MuroE ae _ in 1962 this Corporation set aside, from the | to the terms of the bargain soalleged by them | amounts to 1,838 fol, all of 6-inch diamear For Corns, Bunions, Kad Nails, Enlarged ond the limits uf the cities of Georgetown anu ashington, the Capital of the nation has struggled on from its earliest existence in the Hope that Congress would bear a portion of the expense of improving streets and avenues over which it has exclusive control, at least to , ministration of this office: taxes paid by the colored persons for the edu- gation of colored children, the same proportion viz" ten cents in the one hundred dollars worth of property, as was set aside from the taxes paid by white persons for the edu- cation of white children. » to have been made with Mr. Maury, and the city continued until within ashort time to be lighted in accerdance therewith. ecently. however, at the instance of some one of sufficient influence with the Committee of the House of Representatives having the i ag} seas omesi wdp OM ~T RELI i “292 AL Therule ted in the wa: to connect all intersecting arise from shut tension to the AI ALT hog ter distribution is mains and to control them by one four-way step-cock. This limits the inconvenience which must occasionally off water for repairs or ex- lest possible space. 1n dis- Peproveneen’y I give Joints, Warts, Moles, Vascular Excrescences, &c., consult Dr. White, Chiropodist, 424 Penn. avenue, between 4% and 6th sts. Office hours from § a. m. to 5 p. m., and 6 to8 p. m. ——o—___ tie es a TORY | To THE LADIES OF THIS UITY AND Groner- ‘This equitable provision for the education | matter in charge, an annual appropriation of fs f fire-pl the ral rule is to ez aad of colored children fn our midst had been tn | Riven thousand dollar, made by Congress | fit'SP atte tack afar Fwis Baar’ Fancy Esytinanent” worse operation scarce! ‘WO years, when, m the for 81 jam on land avenue, Each =] affords three itand x tus chantared p ae ine corpernion han iuflux of treedmen inc) thls city, the neces- | and parts Sf Sixth and Four-aade haltscrcers doe et ee »independentand | cheaper than any other house, @L been tollowed bya correspondity, incredse of and powerful ciomentot es ool nee | ryan as clogged with a provisowthat nopart | governs thelr location is that wherever the | Juer Ruceivmp.—Thres pandred Boys A _ThGlapeneable expenses. Fo ousidia these and cam apparent, ona Oongrioe passed a asi | Buildings “wsal talciee thee ai"tae cine: | Seehiema era gx oat Of water shall | sate iateet Spring gies rotten, fen Te ibureioes onan ‘henonta eee of compelling this Corporation to appropriate lenis of this Corporation were lt from dark pity oe constantly more and more evi- aie sia J.H. a rere, ibention eats have beck unequally a city what, during ihe approaching feral yea | Suan caaehwenty-oneignieineach month | dent as th pipe distribatin xtands, that he 400 7 aeet, oppaita Rowt Oster. posed om the Property of the individ Rxceirts. will exceed fifty per centam of the aggre: | This aot of Congress was approved by the | ™%2 pipe sap) ndeaes reciting of men ; Senmedt for whose especial perpen et Gov: | ‘The receipts of the year were as follows: gate of taxes ¢ paid Wy the colored people; white | President, and becsne a law on batnrdey, the | the population. One main pipe of 00 inchoe | amoUk, Chait? goueulter jeeeut White, Samet, Sot eA — = TO sertendee', | From tazes......... 7 18 | that appropriated for the education of white | 25th of July, 1866. On the folowing Monday, and one of 12 inches diameter convey from | etabli depuis 1661—8 son office No. 424 Penn- Bs Jaid + 195,000 00 | children has never, as yet, exceeded ten per | the 30th. an order to substitute seven for four | that reservoir all ‘water that is consumed | sylvania ayeane; entre quatrieme et la ‘The increase of Sppropriation 1 | Ere eee ee eee liad Bonide | ince ok Centum of the aggregate of taxes paid by white soon n ce ee 9 target et 'y; | in Georgetown and in Washington. Sixieme rus. ; tt m treas ¥ pe ns. given ie Presiden’ Boar Potomac tied — pad 2 Fag oncom fie mesieeet Hinds or | Eom Corporation police officers... 9,097 63 | “It was not, too, until then, and after the | Aldermen, in the atececo of the Mayor. The ew —_ ye ted hee No IpVaOTMENT can be made than ‘work and material will, apart from any unu. From U.S. nal for fines....... 861 08 | public mind had become much agitated on the | effect of this proviso was to compel this Cor- | jimited to the capacity of those pipes. North atthe present reduced prices at unkanand, ou ue moans of, in corporaon, | "an ded pewter purposes cu-.2, 248570 | fhutte tneeeucnon othe eaared,rame | Doration to ue on itty, ersslnape enrners | ane ne of treat kaa bassattana syer | taaireue Santa! Comnag Heese tol Seventh cause the ex] of carrying on the Olty | Reimbursed by the United Siates pie Of the beeen of prasiee ee attic | city, cr evan tenes nue, where the 30-inch ‘main is laid, and eagt | street, opposite the j apne ic | city, or even by the Government here +s = Pacvioun: be apprecinied in comeece the due | for improvementsin front of Gov- Schools of this eity, to manage the ‘and for | i's lamps, including the very lamps for which | Of %¢ Capliol w pipe which Fass along Bena: | Go AxD Sim those Tfsén dollar suits, re- prox be 3 pte: poten eee eae ‘ ernment property......-++---+--... 79,227 15 | education of colored children, deemed the in- ,the appropriation was intended. sylvania avenue: ceived thi at the Great Central iuetizetions ue tne Fied; ana Bekent ne De. —— | terests and trusts committed to their charge This change from four to seven foot burners | SY." "ih ercus poets a com; Glo! aeons street, opposite the rartasents of thé 50hr T8BIs Wham t ren tedonc, $514,315 29 | sufficiently important to warrant the trouble | increased the cost of each to this Oorpo- | ficiency of water. remery' for (anes com- Post Otice: ne ee Hit ithas of tee deet atone EXPENDITURES. et demanding and receiving what had been | ration from twenty-five sixty- | plaints is to lay & water of not less pa teted office, w: year, as | The expenditures for the year were as fol- | previously set apart for that purpose. eight centa to sixty-eight dollars, a. price from the “Drover's Rest” reser- > MARRIED SAS 1866. | irom sth, eer, entitied nae Peuie aca, sarily’ send ding the Bett y of any Sears ihe |" toWELWOOD. On Sunday evening, June oth, ¥ en , elec- | 8 Pp it s d, . y e ‘une ee Denes See Saae Ug det, ne, Di Genii, | ar eseontn of ate nee Comehont srt ek a ee > a A my on! ive jablic city. a 4 ¥ * pong Ep arta 97 ya alle dlr tity of the banetoral provision of the sohocies soon as what had been done was ETH WOOD, doughter of Thomas Wood. = an while it a —, ciabcels A ipod poll tax, and the corporation the power to | tained, the facts were, communica’ i NT. a On the seth i .. by Rev. Fee sa ny Seen oF tthe aidlonliy 64 been: enforce ‘the collection of any taxes'on per- | Uity Councils; and. the. onder BGAHET TALBOTS et is expenditures within its means, will im- sonal property, the payment of both which ; “i press upon you the importance of great delib- were a condition jent to voting, but like- Wloase co) eration in your action, urgent economy in the ‘wise conferred on a class of sirangets, totaly suplitstion of its revenues, and the necessity unfitted by previous habits hfe, ‘with- EB. & profuse expenditare of the people’s money. its sap iter eae to grumerse all the | “TInLte. IH k, N. Xa) pril 16th, . q the Interests property of the. enable you to form some Hare Abuindaniy tougher _ a The funded deb: incurred for special. pur- District. penmret aty Lillie, aged6)